Scientific-Atlanta Selected as Exclusive Supplier for COMCOR's Fiber Network and Headend Expansion Project

Scientific-Atlanta Selected as Exclusive Supplier for COMCOR's Fiber Network and Headend Expansion Project

KORTRIJK, Belgium and ATLANTA, December 5/PRNewswire/ -- A broad range of Scientific-Atlanta(R) headend and optical transport
equipment and systems have been selected by COMCOR (Moscow Telecommunication
Corporation) to deliver cable programming to customers in Moscow. Multiple
cable operators will access COMCOR's signal that will be delivered to fiber
nodes in its backbone network via the Scientific-Atlanta equipment.

COMCOR has selected Scientific-Atlanta as the exclusive supplier for this
two-year network expansion which includes enhancements to its existing
Scientific-Atlanta digital headend, new Vision 1000 analog headends, the
deployment of the iLYNX(TM) backbone system and associated fiber nodes, and
the installation of Prisma II(TM) analog optics.

"Initially, our new Scientific-Atlanta equipment will deliver programming
to COMCOR-TV and Mostelcom," said Victor Savyuk, First Deputy General
Director at COMCOR. "Our past experience with the performance of their
products and people played a key role in selecting Scientific-Atlanta as our
exclusive supplier for this significant build-out of our Moscow system. Using
a single vendor helps us avoid interoperability issues, offers important time
and cost-saving opportunities, and enables us to launch highly reliable
service for our customers."

"This extension of our relationship with COMCOR reinforces our commitment
to the Moscow market," said Dean Rockwell, vice president and general
manager, Transmission Network Systems, Europe at Scientific-Atlanta. "Our
local office in Moscow, the strong relationships we have developed with
businesses in the city and the repair center we are developing there with one
of our distributors all point to the importance of Moscow in our current and
future plans."

About COMCOR (Moscow Telecommunication Corporation)

For more information visit: http://www.comcor.ru

About Scientific-Atlanta

Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (NYSE: SFA) is a leading supplier of digital
content contribution and distribution systems, video backbones, transmission
networks for broadband access to the home, digital interactive set-tops,
modems and subscriber systems designed for video, high-speed Internet and
voice over IP (VoIP) networks, and worldwide customer service and support.

Scientific-Atlanta Europe NV http://www.saeurope.com

Scientific-Atlanta Corporate http://www.scientificatlanta.com

"Forward-looking statements," as defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, may be included in this news release. A
variety of factors could cause Scientific-Atlanta's actual results to differ
from the anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements.
Investors are referred to Scientific-Atlanta's Cautionary Statements (Exhibit
99.1 to the Company's most recent Form 10-Q), which statements are
incorporated into this news release by reference.

Web site: http://www.scientificatlanta.com
http://www.comcor.ru
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Source: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.

Chevaan Seresinhe of Emmett & Smith, +44-207-819-4806, or chevaan.seresinhe@emmettandsmith.com; or Peggy Ballard of Scientific-Atlanta, +1-770-236-7871, or peggy.ballard@sciatl.com/ NOTE TO EDITORS: For more information visit http://www.scientificatlanta.com. Writers and editors may access a variety of information on the company and its products, as well as downloadable images, by selecting Press from the home page. Scientific-Atlanta, the Scientific-Atlanta logo, and Prisma are registered trademarks and Prisma II is a trademark of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. iLYNX is a trademark of Scientific-Atlanta Europe NV.

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